Bouquet of Barbed Wire

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TOTAL HORSEThe first episodes get you going only to find out the plot in the third you then realise how unbelievable it all was. CRAPHELP NEEDED9:32pm Wed 22 Jul
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good drama from ITVTrevor Eve is brilliant,very believable. Bring back more of Waking the Dead! Good cast & soundtrack. Chlo-bugs10:25pm Sat 2 Oct
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Brilliant endingJust hope the balloon was high enough that Trevor Eve doesn't resurface in a rewrite of Another Bouquet!!!Packidge8:37pm Tue 21 Sep
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Disappointing final episodeI was really looking forward to the final eposide, and I'd been waiting all week for it. It seemed disjointed, and the revelation of the 'secret' was dull and lacked drama. I was waiting for a final twist, but it never came. What a shame!Brian9:51am Tue 21 Sep
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DisappointingThis seemingly shocked in the 70s. Everyone worried whether it would shock again. It had the potential to shock, but the secret of the father was lame and the potential for chaos accordingly limited. The following simple re-write could have saved it for me: father had affair with Paula (no need for her to be his daughter) whilst she a student (in fact this was alluded to by Gavin in a conversation with the mother), Paula gives birth to Gavin, Paula is murdered by the father, Gavin seeks and achieves incestuous revenge. *Simples*Obvious Script Writer10:11pm Mon 20 Sep
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sombre yet intreaguingmakes Eastenders look like childrens hour - the casting is much cleverer than Packidge thinks!!This will be talked about for many months to come - I hear that the denouement is "Mousetraplike" - lets see!!humdinga6:10pm Mon 20 Sep
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Not as good as the originalbut we were so much more easily shocked back then.Sooty and Sweep11:20pm Sun 19 Sep
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Just good entertainmentWell done for giving me a good nights telly. Trevor is fab as is everyone else.AnnieP4:43pm Sat 18 Sep
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A poor remakeAnyone who saw the original with Frank Finlay will find this comes a very poor second. It's partly down to the fact that Trevor Eve is totally miscast - OK we are meant to hate him (don't we always) but he is also supposed to be irresistable to young woman - I mean, really!
However the rest of the casting doesn't stand up to close scrutiny either.
Hope they repeat the original soon, if it's not been lost!Packidge2:44pm Thu 16 Sep
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Gavin's personal quest for the truth nears its conclusion, forcing Peter to face a dark secret from his past that sheds a disturbing light on his love for Prue. As the net begins to close, the Mansons are forced to acknowledge a truth that could destroy their lives for ever. Remake of the 1970s drama, starring Tom Riley, Trevor Eve, Imogen Poots and Hermione Norris. Last in the series